If Anything Can Go Wrong, It Will

I was feeling so good about "The Bus". Everything was working so well. I don't know who the guy named 'Murphy' was, but he must have been a really smart old guy. We are continually reminded of 'Murphy's Laws' . . . like the one that goes "If Anything Can Go Wrong, It Will".

This morning we packed up, unplugged and started the engine to hit the road . . . then there was a loud 'bang' in the doorway. As the steps to "The Bus" were being retracted, a connecting arm between the electric motor and the steps snapped in two . . . as Murphy predicted, an "Anything" just went wrong. The electric steps could no longer be extended or retracted. They just hung there.

I suggested we go back to the RV repair shop, but Carole objected saying, "We would be there all day". So we decided to 'hit the road' minus the steps.

I tied the steps up with a piece of rope and a safety strap so they wouldn't drag on the ground. It makes us look kind of like the Beverly Hillbillies with "The Bus" tied together with a piece of rope.

That will have to do until we get home to Kansas.

I'm able to pull myself up into the coach without the steps, but Carole has to have a stepping stool . . . plus a boost . . . to get in. She has just as much of a problem getting out.

She just wants to go home, so we are on the road . . . without steps.

And Murphy has been proven right again . . . "If Anything Can Go Wrong, It Will".